Final Notes — ‘Taps,’ ‘The Last Post’ and Other Military Funeral Tunes

“Both the Last Post and Taps share a common lineage. Each are derivatives of a Dutch tune from the 1600s called the Taptoe.” TAPS, THE SONG THAT’S BEEN PLAYED AT American military funerals for more than…

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